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Pope Francis’ prayer for Ukraine

Lord God of peace, hear our prayer!
Open our eyes and our hearts,
and give us the courage to say:
“Never again war!”;
“With war everything is lost.”

Instill in our hearts the courage
to take concrete steps to achieve peace.
Keep alive within us the flame of hope,
so that with patience and perseverance
we may opt for dialogue and reconciliation.
In this way may peace triumph at last.
Amen.

The leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, said that Ukraine’s ongoing resistance to a full-scale Russian invasion is a “miracle.”

“Today is March 8, 2022, and Ukraineis experiencing the 13th day of this horrible war. That which is taking place on the territory of our homeland is being called the ‘Miracle on the Dnipro’ by some historians,” he said, referring to the river running through Ukraine, also known as the Dnieper.

Something similar took place almost 100 years ago on the Vistula, when the Polish army stopped the invasion of the Red Horde, and stood up for independence, the right for the existence of the revived Polish state.

Today, that Miracle on the Dnipro is being forged by our Ukrainian army, stopping this latest invasion of our northern neighbor, who set foot onto our land carrying destruction, carrying death, attempting to destroy the freedom-loving Ukrainian people.

But by the power of love, love for the homeland, by the power of the unity of the Ukrainian people -  we amazed the world.

We are creating a miracle of a people who demonstrate their love of freedom to the whole world and amazes the whole world."